Some advice for patients with whiplash injury
Consult with your doctor(physiotherapy in Thornhill) to rule out any potential spinal fracture, spinal cord injury, and brain injury:
- Consult with your doctor to rule out any potential spinal fracture, spinal cord injury and brain injury.
- Control your pain by taking prescribed pain killers or speak with your physiotherapist.
- Wear cervical collar that is prescribed by your physician or physiotherapist
- Do your prescribed exercises routinely and in a pain free range
- Remove your cervical collar while doing exercises
- Apply ice for the first 2 days, behind your neck and around shoulder, but not on the front part of your neck
- You do not need complete rest, so try to be active as much as possible but do not tire yourself out and do not do any vigorous activities
- Avoid all overhead activities and vigorous exercises
- Be aware of your posture and try to keep it proper
- Use appropriate pillows to be as comfortable as possible
- Contact your physician if you feel any of the following:
Dizziness with or without vomiting /nausea
Diplopia (Vision problem)
Dysphonia (Voice disorder)
Dysphasia (language disorder)
Dysphagia (Swallowing problem)
Lifestyle modification in people with Respiratory disease:
- Quit smoking
- Avoid or decrease vigorous activities
- Avoid allergens
- Pacing daily living activities
- Learn energy conversation techniques
- Incorporate breathing exercises and pursed lip breathing on a daily basis
- Keep doing careful aerobic exercises
what must be done to overcome shortness of breath:
1. Stop activities
2. Take a relaxed position:
Foot contact with floor
Sitting on a chair
Pillow on legs
Support forearms on pillow
Lean forward and relax shoulders
3. Perform pursed lip breathing:
Breath in through the nose with the count of 2 and breath out slowly through the pursed lip with the count of 4